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Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive. Railroads Past and Present. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34863-0. Marre, Louis A. (1995). Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years: A Guide to Diesels Built Before 1972. Railroad Reference Series. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 978-0-89024-258-2.
Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota [3] B&O 6607 October 1956 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Golden Spike Railroad Services; July 16, 1986 Operational B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland [4] Southern Pacific 2873 December 1956 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) GP9R Texas and New Orleans Railroad
The EMD BL2 is a model of diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD). A total of 58 units (plus a single BL1) were built between 1947 and 1949. [ 1 ] The BL2 was not very successful, as it was unreliable and occupied a gap between carbody and hood units , which resulted in it suffering from the drawbacks of ...
The EMC EA/EB is an early passenger train-hauling diesel locomotive built from May 16, 1937, to 1938 by Electro-Motive Corporation of La Grange, Illinois for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [ 1 ] [ page needed ] They were the first model in a long line of passenger diesels of similar design known as EMD E-units .
The EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1954 and 1959. The GP9 succeeded the GP7 as the second model of EMD's General Purpose (GP) line, [ 1 ] incorporating a new sixteen- cylinder engine which generated 1,750 horsepower (1.30 MW). [ 2 ]
In 1941, No. 10 had its cab removed, and became a booster unit numbered 1A. In 1948, AT&SF rebuilt unit 1A into freight transfer locomotive No. 2611 running on EMD Blomberg B trucks; locomotive 1 remained unmodified from its 1938 rebuild as a passenger unit. [5] Both 1 and 2611 went to Electro-Motive Division as trade-ins on EMD E8 locomotives ...
EMD introduced their new 710 engine in 1984 with the 60 Series locomotives (EMD SD60 and EMD GP60), the EMD 645 engine continued to be offered in certain models (such as the 50 Series) until 1988. The 710 is produced as an eight-, twelve-, sixteen-, and twenty-cylinder engine for locomotive, marine and stationary applications.
The EMD SD35 is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an EMD 567D3A, 16-cylinder engine which generated 2,500 brake horsepower (1,900 kW). A 3,000-US-gallon (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) fuel tank was used on this unit.